Colleges on Limited Budgets Brace for Population Growth

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Thirty-eight students graduated in May from Georgia Gwinnett College, which opened in 2006. State lawmakers expect that, in five years, the institution will have an enrollment of about 10,000, as the state's college-going population skyrockets.

The college-age population across the entire South Atlantic is growing rapidly, and having a new four-year college with lots of room to expand is highly unusual. Most states are struggling to support their often-overcrowded public colleges, let alone paying to open new ones.

More students than ever applied to South Atlantic colleges this year, at a time when institutions are becoming more expensive and more selective, shifting pressure to community colleges with open-door admissions policies.

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